Bearing construction



NOV. 1, 1932. 5 35 1,886,014

BEARING CONSTRUCTION Filed April 2, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 6 44 23 3 59 Nbv. 1, 1932. s HAsTlNGS 1,886,014

BEARING CONSTRUCTION Filed April 2. 1951 Z Sheet-Sheet 2 lilllllllI fi m llllllllHlHll 1/0 14 7- 7'0 avas- Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE A. EAS'I'INGQ'OI OANTON,'OH IO, A BSIG NOR TO THE TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING n OOIPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO rmamo consrnuorrron' Application filed 2, 1931. Serial No. 527,183.

My invention relates to bearing constructions, particularly to bearing constructions having enclosures wherein ackmg r1n are used as a sealing means. e parts such an enclosure necessarily wear durin constant use thereof and oil will seep out 0 the bearing unless some means are provided for adjustin and tightenin the packing rings and relate parts; and t e principal object of this invention isto devise a bearing construction having an'enclosure which can be readil adjusted for initial tightness, and thereader to compensate for wear of the packing. Another object is to provide a construction which can be readily assembled and dismantled. v

My invention consists principally in surroundin a novel split packing ring with a strap 0 thin flexible materia whose ends together by-means of an 8d]l1Stare clampzd ing mem r which is movable in a radial direction from and towards the center of the bearing journal for varying the tightness of the packing ring. My invention also consists in the parts and m the arran ements and combinations of parts hereina er desciiillliedhand claimed. d h h t e accompanym rawmgs, w 1c form part of this s cifization, and wherein like reference sym ls refer to like parts wherever they occur, 7

Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a rolling mill roll bearing assembly equipped with hearing enclosures embodying my invention, I

Fig. 2 is a view on the line 2-2 of Fi 1,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view 0 the upper left hand portion of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is an end view of the inboard closure riiig shown in Fig. 1,

ig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 v of Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 1s a sectional view on the line 6-6 of F 1g. 1, d

Fig. 7 is an end view of the inboard closure plate shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view taken through the middle of an adjusting collar used with my enclosure.

In the construction illustrated, a roll body recess 4 by means of an annular rib 7 extending from one end of said ring and surrounding an annular rib 8 rovided on the end of one of the cones. ounted in the central part of the bearing housing 3 is a double cup 9 whose raceways are adapted to cooperate with the inner raceways of the two double cones. Mounted near each end'of the bearing housing respectively, are single cups 10 which are separated from the double cup by cup spacer rings 11, and four series of rollers 12, mounted in suitable cages, are interposed between the cones and cups.

Mounted on the inner end of the neck 2 is an inboard spacer ring 13 whose inner end abuts against the roll body 1 and whose outer end is-provided with an annular flange 14 which abuts against the adjacent end of the cone onthe inboard side of the neck portion.

The spacer ring 13 is also provided with an annular rib 13a near its outer end. The outboard end of the neck is provided with an annular recess 15' adapted to receive a split ring 16 mounted therein, and a pin 17 extends through a radial opening in said ring and projects into an ad acent opening provided therefor in the bottom of the annular recess.

threaded portions of the adjusting nut and split ring are covered with White lead during assembly thereof; and the adjusting nut 18 is provided with a series of openings 21 therethrough for a screw 22 which is adapted to extend through one of the openings 21 and each collar is inserte into a threaded opening in the to portion of the outboard s acer ring when t e nut 18 is pro rly positioned.

e outer end of the inner single cup abuts against the side of an inwardly extending annular flange 23 provided on the inboard side of the housing. This flan e also extends outwardly from the end of t e housing and the outer periphery thereof constitutes an annular shoulder 24 surrounding the bearing opening. An inboard closure ring 25 is mounted around the spacer ring and the diameter of its opening is increased adjacent to the journal housing to form an annular shoulder 26 which surrounds the outer end of the annular shoulder 24 provided on the side of the bearing housing. A centrally erforated closure filler late 27, which is spit into an upper and ower half in order to facilitate assembling and dismantling of the bearings, is interd between the closure ring 25 and the wing housing 3 and is held in place by means of a series of bolts 28 extendin through openings in the closure rin ,throug openings 27a in the filler late itsel and into threaded openings in the aring housing.

The outboard enclosure arrangement is different from that of the inboard. Mounted around the outboard spaced ring 19 is an outboard closure ring 29 which is provided with an annular flange 290 whose end abuts a inst the ad'acent end of the cup at that end 0 the neck. series of openin are provided around the closure ring anf it is secured tothe bearing housing by means of bolts 30 which extend through said openings and into adjacent threaded openings provided in the bearin housing.

Bot the outboard and inboard closure rings are provided with an annular recess 31 around their inner periphery and each of said is adapted to receive a combination packin ring 32 which is split atan angleto a radia line thereof at the top. Said packintfi ring comprises an outer ring of flax or o cr-sultable fibrous sealing material 33, and an inner rin of Babbitt metal 34 which is provided wi a semicircular annular rib 35 on the middle of its outer periphe which engages an annular groove 36 aroun the inner periphery of the outer ring 33. Communlcating with the annular recess 32 of each enclosure ring is a radial opening 37 of square cross-section provided in the top portion of the enclosure ring, and a sleeve member 38 called an adjustin collar is mounted in each radial opening.

a pin member or adjusti screw 39, and the lower end of both the co and pin are split; longitudinally through the middle. The two lower end portions of the adjustin collar are spread apart and each is provide with a flared out portion 40 on the outside thereof whose bottom peripheral portion is curved in such a mam nto the opening of ner as to extend tangentiall to and slightly spaced from, the outer perip cry of the packin ring.

ounted around each acking ring is a strap-like band 41 of thin flgxible metal whose main body ortion is annular in shape and surrounds t e packing ring, and whose two end portions are bent upwardly and extend into a slot 42 in the bottom of the pin member 39 formed b slitting the same longitudinally. The ends 0 the strap 41 are held in the slot 42 by means of a pin 43 extendin through the ends of the pin member an through the two ends of the strap. The to portion of the in member extends above t e top of the col ar and is threaded for receiving two nuts 44. Preferably a spring lockwasher 45 is interposed between the to of the adj ustin collar and the lower nut to insure stability 0 the adjustment screw 39 once the packing has been properly adjusted. I

The annular recess 31 for the packing ring of the inboard enclosure ring is adjacent to the outer end thereof and is closed on that end by means of a closure cover ring 46 which is secured to the inboard closure ring b means of screws 47 which extend throug o nings in said cover plate and into threadopenings in the enclosure ring. As the radial opening in the to of the outboard spacer ring is located a jacent to the top ortion of the bearing housing, the bearing is provided with a recess 48 to make room for Eettin at the adjusting nuts 44.

O vious y, with my ty of bearing construction and enclosure, initial tightness of the packing is accomplished by merely tightening. or loosening the nuts on the a justing screw until the desired tightness of the acking is obtained, and further adjustment t ereof to compensate for wear is accomplished in the same manner.

Moreover with my hearing construction, the entire bearing assembly is readily removed for the urpose of replacing worn out arts, or the hke. In order to remove the arings, all that it is necessary to do is to remove the retainin devices at the outer end of the roll neck an then remove the bolts 28 at the inboard side of the bearing; with these bolts removed, the upper and lower half sections of the split filler plate 27 are then pulled out of the space between the end of the closure ring 25 and the end of the housing. With these two parts of the filler plate removed, the closure 25 is then shoved over until it strikes the side of the annular rib 130 on the spacer ring 13, and then pressure can be exerted against the closure ring to strip the entireljournal assembly from the roll neck.

Wh' e I have illustrated m invention in connection with a rolling m' bearin sembly, my invention is applicable to m ro ler, and hence I do not wish to be limited of almost any type, whether plain orin any way to the precise construction shown. What I claim is: j 1. The combination of a housing with a journal member extendin therein and movable with respect thereto, arings interposed between said journal member and said housing, an annular member mounted on said journal member near one end of said housing, an enclosure ring secured to the end of said housin and surrounding said annular memher, a ller plate split in two parts interposed between said housin and said enclosure ring, said enclosure ring having an annular recess around its inner periphery and a lateral opening communicating therewith, a packing ring mounted in said recess, a strap surrounding said packing ring and having its ends extending into said lateral opening, and a pin movably mounted in said opening for adjustable movement lengthwise thereof, the ends of said strap being secured to said pin.

2. The combination of a housing, a roll body having a neck portion extending into said housing, an inner raceway member mounted on said neck portion, an outer raceway member mounted in said housing and cooperating with said inner raceway member, a series of rollers interposed between said inner and said outer raceway members, re-

spectively, a spacer ring mounted on said neck portion having its one end abutting against the end of said inner raceway member and its other end abutting against the roll body, an enclosure ring surroundin said spacer ring, a perforated filler plate sp t in two parts assembled between the inner end of said enclosure ring and the end of said housing, means for securing said enclosure rin and said filler plate to said housing, said enc osure ring having anannular recess around its inner'penphery and a lateral opening communicating therewith, a sleeve slidably mounted in said lateral opening, a pin member disposed in said sleeve, means for adjustably changing the position of said pin with respect to said'sleeve, a packingring mounted in said annular recess and surrounding said spacer ring, and a strap surrounding said packing ring having its ends extending into said lateral openmg and secured to the pin member.

3. The combination of a roll bearing housing having an annular flange extending outwardly from its end around the journal opening, a roll body having a neck portion extending into said housing, an inner raceway member mounted on said neck portion, an outerraceway member mounted in said housing and cooperating with said inner raceway member, a series of rollers interposed between said inner and said outer raceway members,

respectively, a spacer ring mounted on said neck portion and having its one end abutting.

against the end of said inner raceway memher and its other end abutting against the roll body, an enclosure ring surrounding said spacer rin and having an increased opening on the en adjacent to the housing forming an annular shoulder surroundin the end portion of the outwardly exten ing annular flange, a split; perforated filler plate assembled between the enclosure ring and the housing around the annular outwardly extending annular flange, means for securing said enclosure ring and said filler plate to said housing, said enclosure ring having an annular recess on the outerend thereof around its inner periphery and a radial opening com: municating therewith, a split packing ring mounted in said annular recess and a strap mounted in said annular recess and surrounding said spacer ring and having its ends extending into said radial opening, adjusting means provided in said opening and connected to the ends of said strap for tightening the same, and a closure cover ring secured to said enclosure ring for closing the end of the annular recess in which the packing ring is mounted. r

4. The combination of a housing and a journal member extending therein, roller bearings interposed between said housing and said journal member, a closure ring inserted around said journal member near the end of said housing, a filler plate that is split in two parts interposed between the end of said closure ring and the end of said housing and removable means for securing said closure ring and said filler plate to said housing.

5. The combination of a housing and a journal member extending therein, roller bearings interposed between said housing and said journal member, a spacer ring mounted on said journal member and having its one end abutting against the inner raceway member of said roller bearings, said spacer ring having an annular rib on its outer periphery,

an enclosure ring surrounding said spacer way member and said outer raceway member,

a spacer rin mounted on said neck portion and having its one end abutting against the end of said inner raceway member and its other end abutting against the roll body, said spacer ring having an annular rib on its outer periphery, a closure ring surrounding said spacer ring between said annular rib and the roll body, a perforated filler plate that is split in a plurality of parts interposed between the end of said closure ring and the end of said housin and a series of bolts extending throug said slosure ring and said filler plate and into said housing for securing said closure ring and the parts of said filler plate to said housing.

7.- The combination of a housing, a roll bod having a neck portion extending into sai housing, bearings interposed between said housing and said journal member, a spacer ring mounted on said journal memher having its one end abutting against the end of the inner raceway member of said bear' s and its other end abutting against the rol body, a closure ring mounted around said spacer ring and carrying adjustable sealing means surrounding said spacer ring, a perforated filler plate that is split in a plurality of parts interposed between the end of said closure ring and the end of said housing and remoeable members for securing said closure ring and the parts of said filler plate to said .housin 8, The combination of a housing, a roll 25 bod having a neck portion extending into sai housing, bearings having inner and outer raoewa members interposed between said neck portion and said housing, a spacer ring mounted around said journal member having 39 its one end abutting against the roll body and its other end abuttin against the end of the inner raceway mem er, .a closure ring surrounding said spacer ring, a s lit filler plate interposed between the end 0 said clo- 3:, sure ring and the end of said housing, removable means for securing said closure ring and the parts of said filler plate to said housing, and removable retaining means for en aging the outermost ends of the bearing mem ers to 40 hold them in Race.

Si ed at anton, Ohio, this 30th day of Marc 1931.

SHIRREL A. HASTINGS. 

